What you were trying to do would make sense almost anyplace else. We just have to walk on egg shells some of the time. When this happens, it will be an enormous source of pride and inspiration to Cambodians. The story should be told everywhere and you and Zack be uniquely situated to help the students tell the story.
Marnie
----- Original Message -----
From: Shona-Jane Grundy
To: elbbl@rule.edu.kh
Cc: Anees Ahmed ; NearirathSreng ; panhapiseth87@gmail.com ; sonita_khun@yahoo.com.sg ; soykimsan@gmail.com ; vireak_thirith@yahoo.com ; zlampell@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Please, please, hold off interviews!
Dear Marnie,
I am extremely sorry if my actions have caused offence or any inconvience to anyone. I never considered that there would be a problem with doing the interview and genuinely thought that the publicity would only ever be a benefit and of assistance to our efforts to secure funding. I have re-emailed Douglas and cancelled the interview.
You sound like you have most of the funding issues under control, so I'll let you deal with it, but if there is anything that you need either myself or Zac to do to help out, please don't hesitate to ask.
Best wishes
Shona
"elbbl"
12/03/2008 03:02 PM
To
"Shona-Jane Grundy"
cc
"NearirathSreng"
Subject
Please, please, hold off interviews!
Dear Shona,
The Rector is Yuok Ngoy the head of the school. Since the team is a RULE team, everything has to be approved by him. He holds an LLM from the University of San Francisco and is very supportive of anything that will help the school raise the standard of instruction. The hotel scholarship form requires his signature, he needs to get the approval of the Minister of Education. If things are handled quietly, no problem, but we do not want to open the matter up for general discussion.
There are political sensitivities that must be accomodated here. Since you are new here, it is hard for you to understand what these are. I can see no value in publicity at this point and some risk. Publicity after a successful performance yes, loads of it then, but nothing now.
I suggest we talk with Steve Austermiller who is the ABA representative, funded by USAID, who has been working in legal education for several years. He has sponsored a very successful mock trial program as well as the Brown Counseling Competition which Nearirath and Sonita participated in last year. A seemingly innoucuous notice of the mock trial competition in the Cambodia Daily resulted in complaints to the highest level of government. The competition was nearly cancelled.So please no Cambodia Dai;y, except after the fact.
We can ask Steve if he thinks that the ABA would pay plane tickets. The competition gave Nearirath a form to fill out for the "Hotel Scholarship", apparently we have a good shot at that. I don't care about a refund on the filing fee. I don't think spending money is an absolute necessity, though I am sure it would be welcomed by the team members.
My telephone number is 011-911-911. I teach Monday and Friday nights from 5:30 to 8:00. Let's talk some of this through.
Marnie
----- Original Message -----
From: Shona-Jane Grundy
To: elbbl@rule.edu.kh
Cc: Anees Ahmed ; zlampell@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Cambodian Team, Reg.#245
Hello all,
That's great news re not having to go through nationals. I've started (with help from Anees) the hunt for funding from this end. Here is what I have got so far.
1. I have emailed Douglas at the Cambodia Daily and they are going to interview the team next week with a view to writing an article about us.
2. I have also emailed Georgia Wilkins at the Post requesting the same thing, and will let you know when she gets back to me.
3. Anees has given me the contact for Heather Ryan at the OSJI about potentially requesting some funding. Before I contact her however it would be very helpful to know what is being requested from USAID as well as who 'the Rector' is and what 'the hotel costs' are. Zach and myself had a meeting about funding costs and drew up a list of things that needed - we identified flights, accommodation, insurance and daily living allowance. Margaret, if you could get back to me on this I would greatly appreciate it and then we can move forward from here.
Best wishes
Shona
"elbbl"
12/03/2008 11:09 AM
To
"Anees Ahmed"
cc
Subject
Fw: Cambodian Team, Reg.#245
Dear Colleagues,
It appears that we will not have to go through national rounds and can go directly to the international rounds in Washington DC.
I am hopeful that USAID through EWMI/ABA project will help if their guidelines permit. Before the Rector approves the application for payment of hotel costs, he must get the permission of the Minister of Education. Until we were certain we were the only Cambodian team entering, I did not want to contact the Ministry. I do not foresee any difficulty getting the permission of the Ministry. I think that they will be pleased at the enormous pro bono contribution you are making. Entering the Jessup and making a creditable presentation is a milestone for legal education in Cambodia.
Regards,
Marnie
----- Original Message -----
From: elbbl
To: Caroline C. Cowen
Cc: NearirathSreng ; sonita_khun@yahoo.com.sg ; soykimsan@gmail.com ; panhapiseth87@gmail.com ; vireak_thirith@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: Cambodian Team, Reg.#245
Dear Caroline,
The deadline for team registration having passed, I write to inquire whether a team from any other law school in Cambodia has registered for the 2009 Jessup. In recent years, several small privately owned "for profit" law schools have opened in Cambodia but as far as we are aware, none of them intends to compete in the Jessup.
The team has begun fund raising efforts for airfare and hotel accommodations. We are confident that our efforts will be successful.
Thank you for your encouragement.
Margaret Ryan
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